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Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech, newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear
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Client:
VirtueTech Recruitment Group
Location:
newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Views:
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Posted:
04.06.2025
Expiry Date:
19.07.2025
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Job Description:
Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech
My client are building a lean, automation-focused team and looking for a Compliance and Information Security Engineer to lead data protection, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity. This strategic, hands-on role involves acting as DPO and embedding scalable, efficient controls across the business. Ideal for someone collaborative and pragmatic, who can balance risk and agility in a fast-paced startup environment.
The role is looking for someone asap and will be offering a fully remote opportunity with the occasional team meet-ups in London.
Key Skills:
* Lead and maintain compliance frameworks (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, ISO27001, FCA AISP), ensuring up-to-date policies, procedures, and controls across data protection, information security, and regulatory risk.
* Act as Data Protection Officer (DPO), managing SARs, breaches, ROPAs, and DPIAs, while delivering scalable training and awareness across the company.
* Design and implement secure, low-overhead technical and organisational controls, overseeing incident response, vendor security, and external certifications.
* Drive compliance automation initiatives to minimise manual processes and support scalable growth, conducting internal audits and monitoring to maintain high standards.
* Collaborate across teams to embed proportionate, automation-friendly compliance and security practices, and communicate risks clearly to leadership.
* Proven experience in compliance and infosec, with strong regulatory knowledge (UK GDPR, ISO27001), excellent communication skills, and ideally relevant certifications (e.g. CIPP/E, CISSP).
If you are interested in the open role please come back on this with an updated CV as soon as possible.
Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech
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